# Who is the Mufti's favourite Western philosopher?

*His favourite Western philosophers: Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Diogenes*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/26/
- Date: 2021-02-16 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:23:18–1:25:03)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=4998s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/

**Topics:** Philosophy and ideas

**Question as asked:** Who is your favourite Western philosopher?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth names no single favourite but likes Wittgenstein, Nietzsche and Diogenes, and feels Muslims have been left out of philosophy in recent centuries.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says he feels that in some ways Muslims have been left out of philosophy in recent centuries, which is a shame.

**Evidence, his words at 1:23:54:** “i feel in some ways that muslims have been kind of left out of philosophy recently in recent centuries which is a shame” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=5034s)

## Longer summary

Asked for his favourite Western philosopher, Mufti Abu Layth says he likes things in each that he does not find in the others: Wittgenstein's uniqueness, and Nietzsche's challenge and the discourse analysis he brought in the Genealogy of Morals. He says it is a tough choice, and that he feels Muslims have in some ways been left out of philosophy in recent centuries, which he calls a shame. Responding to the chat, he adds that Diogenes was 'epic' for his attitude.

## Sources and names cited

- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- On the Genealogy of Morals
- Diogenes

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:23:18–1:25:03)

[1:23:17] hmm that's interesting i'll i mean i like the philosophy from many people you know i said a favorite i don't know you know these things i like about each person that i don't see sometimes in the other wittgenstein i like he has this kind of uniqueness to him nietzsche i like the the the challenging

[1:23:54] and the um the discourse analysis that nietzsche brought to the table on the genealogy of morals hmm i mean this is uh it is a tough one um because i feel that there's so many philosophers and i feel in some ways that muslims have been kind of left out of philosophy recently in recent centuries which is a shame which is a shame

[1:24:31] right so all right so we're up to scratch on that your questioning is and manipulative not that's at h raza what is h rosa asking somebody said uh diogenes yeah i uh yeah diogenes was epic i love that about diogenes his whole kind of

[1:25:02] uh that attitude yeah um um hassanat is gonna be on mine trap soon apparently hasanat has reached out to me indirectly saying [Music] he is happy to come on my mind trap so i

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment --PntsaR8ck/s/26. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/26/

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